An all-time great Spring day in one of the all-time great Paintsites venues: the ancient sycamores and a small decidious oak had just leafed out and couldn't have looked more beautiful against the clear blue sky; there was lots of merry, splashing, tumbling, and falling water in the creek --- only the rocks in the stream bed seemed not to care that it was Spring.
For additional information about Wildwood Park go to the official Saratoga website:
http://www.saratoga.ca.us/cityhall/rec/facility_and_park_rentals/parks/wildwood.asp
Upcoming Paintsites:
- Thursday, March 12, 2015: Sunnyvale Heritage Orchard, Sunnyvale - apricot trees in bloom.
- Thursday, March 19, 2015: Kirk-Farrington House, San Jose - tree peonies in full bloom.
- Thursday, March 26, 2015: Still to be determined.
For complete details, see the SCVWS website or March Newsletter.
We'll start with a tour of the trees in Wildwood Park:
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| Leslie's tree |
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| Leslie |
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| Candy's tree |
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| Candy, Helen and Lisha |
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| Elaine's tree |
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| Brad's tree |
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| Janice and Brad (photo by Yan) |
Now we'll move down to the creek where some artists focused on the surly rocks and made them the stars of their paintings:
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| Iris' painting | |
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| Iris |
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| Lisha's painting |
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| Liz's unfinished painting (hat's off to Liz for working in a completely new style) |
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| Liz |
Some emphasized the water in the creek -- listen carefully as you view these and you can hear the creek gurgling along ...
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| Doug's 1st painting |
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| Doug's 2nd painting |
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| Doug |
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| Dan's painting |
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| Dan |
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| Dan's painting of rocks in the stream. This one was actually completed at a later date (Sept,. 2015) |
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| Helen's painting |
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| Dick's painting |
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| Dick (hats off to Dick as well for working in a very different style!) |
And some wanted it all! Balancing the trees, the water, and the rocks was a challenge ....
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| Susan's painting |
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| Susan |
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| Bonnie's painting |
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| Bonnie (in the hat) and her guest Mary |
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| Melanie's painting |
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| Melanie |
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| Pat's painting |
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| Sylvia's painting |
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| Sylvia |
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| Leslie's sketch |
More artists - visit again when their paintings are completed and posted:
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| new member Joe |
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| John |
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| Yan |
After our morning's brush & pigment workout we were ready for lunch and our critique ...
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| Eating lunch ..... |
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| still eating ... |
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| ... still eating! |
Finally, the Critique:
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| our impromptu display area for most of what we did (photo by Liz) |
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| Brad documenting it all for posterity (photo by Liz) |
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I just went to an event at this place. Wow! I didn't even know such a place existed, and now I would highly recommend it! Thevenues in San Francisco were beautiful & comfortable.
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